Gator

His 25-3 season (all three losses to pitchers named Mike; can you name them?) was one of the best pitching seasons I’ve ever seen, along with Bob Gibson’s and Dwight Gooden’s.

Any others, besides all the San Francisco 49ers?

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We spoke on this on a slooooowwwwwwwwww Saturday — maybe the lightest traffic we’ve ever had here — but there is talk that the NHL will change the tiebreaker rule, to where wins in regulation and overtime count more than wins in those silly, stupid, non-hockey, skills competitions.

I think we gotta get MSG in contact with fran. This guys hockey knowledge is unreal. He could host any MSG vault show that centers on hockey. Or a one hour sit down between fran and the maven. Fran has forgotten more hockey then anybody on this blog will ever know.

I’m one sarcastic piece of carcillo…but in all honesty I want to thank fran for all his postings and for sharing such great history on the sport we all love.

Dunno about putrid…I can’t find any OT stats offhand, and putrid is a word I save exclusively for power play. Although… three minutes of 2-2? So just a LOT of turnover rushes and breakaways. Sounds like a shootout where you have to get past a defenseman.

What about this weird “three faceoff dots” rule alteration? Any thoughts?

actually,ive seen beninati on espn before also. but it wasnt for any major sports. i think it was lacrosse like in the pic u posted, or for something else. the guy definitely backdoor bang banged his way into a summer job. his wife made him do it i bet

Grabby – We only get two ESPN channels here. I’m guessing in the US, Beninati doing lacrosse will be closer to ESPN Ochocinco than Ocho. Rated somewhere lower than ESPN Favre but a touch higher than their hockey highlights.

lw- actually, and ironically, the “espn 8 , the ocho” was from a movie. dodgeball. haha. i know, me with my movie references. and yes, it is sad to see how little attention hockey gets on espn. its sickening. i mean, they go on and on for weeks about favre and lebron still!! who cares!!! they couldve had something about the gm summit and the rule changes or anything related to hockey.they will put any hockey news on a ticker on the bottom of the screen. and thats about it

I did get the reference, Grabby. Watched Dodgeball on a flight somewhere, sometime (probably to/from NYC) – didn’t think it was up to much, FWIW. Never really been much of a fan of the whole Stiller/Wilson/Ferrall-esque comedy.

You are to a northern English accent/dialect what Beninati is to hockey announcing.

Hey wait a minute….If this site gets no hits and Carp’s boss shuts this site down …I wont be able to collect on all my bet winnings!!!!! Carp , you need to post anuther pic of you and your buzzcutt!!! That had alot of hitzz!!!

2 things, I hate the shootout because the goals don’t count in a players totals which is BS. When Gator used to pitch I remember I had a floor model tv and one of the cats I had at the time Busby used to come and sit and watch Guidry pitch and swipe at him if you remember he had a windup like no other.

Ilb , Thanks . The words like Holey hell, Buffuglin ,and carcillio are ones I ment. I geuss ORR has a few for players and cr9 has a few Jagr refences. I try not to contribute my own words but often times I use some dumb word misspelt and I hear it from the “Brash”.

Puck drops , Some sites ya enter ‘em and all ya hear is “chirp .chirp” silence …over here ,there is usually some one drunk or ya got Mike Teh man feeding us pure unedited Ranger views and requests. I prob could add more ,haha but then it wouldn’t be a top ten list.

Actually my hockey “memory” such as it is has huge gaps.
( Like everything else about my memory)

And I am well aware of the advancemnt of the years, especially when look back at my life. ( I couldn’t have REALLY done all those things)…but I did. And recollection only is triggered by some word, some phrase, some “pithy” comment by a blogger or writer, and it brings back a long forgotten instance ( and even that is not always totally pure in memory.

Here’s an example] Yes I’m an old jarhead from the tail end of WWII who vowed NEVER to return to military service.

( but I did.)

I went to the USMC recruiting office and was told that I could re up but only if I dropped one rank. That stoned, me because it was so hard to make rank in the Corps, and all I wanted was a job and a steady income ( and the benefits)
Here I was with my wife and incoming son to be and broke and no prospects.Desperation is an awful thing. I had 2nd thoughts and decided that at my age then (mid 20’s) did I really want to return to a branch that is ALWAYS at war,
always prepped to get a 24 hour notice “Pack up, and ship out) and then off to some god forsaken beachhead and scramble up for a foot hold…nahhh.

All I wanted was a job, and steady income and benefits.

I went next door to the Air Force and once they learned that I was former USMC they practically dragged me in to
sign me up. I was saved. My only son, was born the following August…total cost to me …$25. Otis AFB.
But one thing I made sure that I brought with me was my hockey gear. ( I had a sea bag just for that….you should see my old Hyde skates with the sewn achilles guards sewn on the back…you’d laugh your sneakers off.)

Actually got to play quite a bit of hockey while stationed in Duluth. It was cold war stuff and Air Defense Command Fighter Interceptor group and one of the fighter pilots, a Dartmouth grad came trolling around for folks to make up a squadron team.So we found a bunch of guys who were locals and stationed in their home bailiwick, mostly Finnlanders Swedes and Danes, with a few Norwegians. We got booked for games against local teams ( very very good btw), and on one occasion that I well recall, was against a team from Canada from just over the border at ( either Fort William or Fort Francis, I never got those two straight). And We played them at the old Curling Club rink in Duluth, and they took our measure OK. I did notice that there was a white haired guy on the Canadian team, that was very very slick with the puck, and he looked quite familiar to me. I asked one of the guys on the team who he was, and he laughed and said, that’s Edgar Laprade. Totally stunned. My early idol from the Rangers now an elderly gent playing hockey for fun?
I could hardly speak, but was too proud to ask for his auto…should have though. He was a smooth if not fast skater but you could not get a puck away from him.

Sorry about all the build up, but I figured that unless you knew the background for it, you’d find it hard to believe.